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B. W. WEATHBRSPOON.

GATE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 16, 1911.

1,051,654. Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913.

Application filed May 16, 1911. Serial No. 627,412.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMINE WV. \VEATH- ensroon, a citizen of the United States, rel siding at Snyder, in the county of Swanson and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates and has for its leading object the provision of an improved gate which may be readily opened from a distance and which may also be easily closed from a distance after the person or wagon has passed therethrough.

The further object of my invention is the provision of an improved mechanism which will serve to first unlatch a swinging gate and to then shift the gate into open position, which mechanism may be readily operated at a distance and may be operated with equal facility from either side of the gate.

Other objects and advantages of my improved gate will be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that I may make any modifications in the specific structure shown and described within the scope of my claim without departing from or exceeding the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 represents an end elevation of my gate and operating mechanism therefor. Fig. 2 represents a similar view showing the position occupied by the various parts when the gate is in open position. Fig. 3 repreposition. Fig. 4 represents a view of the gate in closed position.

Fig. 0 represents a sec- 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 represents a vertical sectional view of the supporting post and parts carried thereby.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the supporting post for the gate, while the numeral 2 designates the other gate post, said latter gate post has secured thereto the keeper plate 3 having the inclined portions 1 with the recess 5 therebetween to engage the latch of the gate.

Secured to the post 1 near the base thereof is the bracket 6 on which is rotatably supported the lower end of the rod 7 having its upper end rotatably held by the bracket 8 1 carried by the upper end of the post 1. Secured to said rod by the straps 9 is the gate 3 10 having the strut rod 11 secured to the outer lower portion of the gate and to the rod 7 near its upper end to prevent the gate from sagging. Said gate has slidably mounted on one of its bars 12 between the guides 13 the latch 14 having slots 15 formed therein in which the guide bolts 16 move, a coil spring 17 having one end secured to the latch and the other end to the gate to force the latch outward into the recess 5 to lock the gate against swinging movement.

To enable me to turn the rod 7 and thus to swing the gate open or shut from a distance, I secure on the upper end of the said rod 7 the collar 18 hearing the miter gear 19 which is in mesh with the gear 20 secured on the inner end of the shaft 21. Said shaft 21 is journaled in the sleeve 22 inserted in the post 1 and has secured 011 its outer portion the pulley peripheral groove 2 1. A cord or rope 25 is secured to the pulley 23 and has its ends wound in opposite directions, a plurality of turns within the groove 21, the ends of the rope or cord extend over, and depend from posts which are arranged upon opposite sides of the post 1. The pulls on either end of the cord 25 will serve to rotate the drum and thus to turn the shaft 21 and through the gears 20 and 19 rock the rod 7 to move the gate. To first unlock the latch member 1 1 before the shaft 21 is turned, I form centrally in the pulley 23 the segment shaped recesses 26, while passing through the shaft member 21. is the pin 27 having movement in said recesses. the shaft exterior to the pulley serves to retain the pulley on the shaft and prevent entrance of dirt into the recesses. Projecting eccentrically from the pulley is a pin 29 to which is secured the cord or wire 30 extending over the guide sheave 31 and through a passage in the post, the other end of the member 30 being secured to the latch 1-1.

In the use of my gate, the rocking of the drum sheave 23 will first cause the same to move idly on the shaft 21, the pin 2.) shifting with the sheave and drawing on the cord 30 to move the latch 1 1 out of the recess 5, while the further drawing on the rope 25 will cause the portions 33 at the sides of the recesses 26 to engage the pin 27 and rock the shaft 21 with the sheave 23, the gate being now unlocked and being turned with the rod 7 by the gears 19 and 20.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings the construe 23 having the A washer 28 secured on tion and operation of my improved gate will be readily understood and it will be seen that I have provided a simple and in expensive gate operating mechanism which may be readily applied to an ordinary gate and by the use of which drawing on the cord at one side will serve to open the gate, While drawing on the opposite end of the cord will serve to first close the gate and continued drawing will serve to open the gate in the opposite direction.

I claim:

The combination with a gate post, of a gate gearing rod pivotally supported thereby, a shaft journaled in the ing miter gears carried by the shaft and gate rod, a sheave mounted on the shaft and having segmental shaped slots extending outward from the bore of the sheave, a pin passing through the shaft and projecting into the recesses in the sheave, a latch post, intermesh- 1 member carried by the gate, a cord eccentrically secured to the sheave at one end having its other end secured to the latch member, and a cord secured to the sheave and passing therearound, whereby a pull on the cord tends to unwind the same and thus to rotate the sheave, the sheave first moving idly on the shaft and drawing on the connection to move the gate latch-inward, and the engagement of the sheave at the side of the recess with the pin of the shaft 'serving to rock the shaft and thus through the intermesl'ling gears to shift the rod on its pivot to open the gate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMINE W. WEATHERSPOON.

lVitnesses:

J. B. HINES, R. D. Hnnnr.

Copies of this patent. may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

